Beginner's Luck?

Okay, so this is how it is! Church has a "Comfy Cozies" knitting group that meets once a month. They make chemo caps, hats and scarves for people who are homeless, and baby layettes. Sounds good! Learn to knit and give to charity! What a nice gift of time... except my knitting is "wobbly." Yes, that's a good word to describe it. One row has 20 and the next 34! Now how does that happen? (Everyone says, "Bad yarn!" That's it! Blame something or someone else.) NO, the fault is mine... bad knitting!


So, with a little more persistence and a trip to buy "good yarn," I discovered the oh-so-easy-what-was-I-thinking method of knitting! LOOMS, aka knitting without needles! That reminds me that I have a knitting machine in the basement... guess who is going to dust off those needles and pound out some afghans to match the baby hats?







Would you say that is cheating for charity?




These are the itsy bitsy baby hats that I hope go to the newborns and preemies in the hospital!





Books Are Fun has a kit that has the loom, yarn, and a really nice book of patterns and directions in their line-up this spring. I used that set to make this scarf. Easy, except for getting the yarn out of knots! Took longer to do that than "knit" the scarf! The loom needs to be put together, though, and some pegs are a bit difficult to get in where the two halves of the looms go together. But gentle taps with a hammer evened the pegs up nicely! (I wore this scarf for the whole 25 hours our power was out last week! Guess I am keeping this one!)

But, don't start doing this! It's totally addictive... really, don't do it! Check out this funky scarf I made...

. . . I have to go knit!

I Spy

When the kids were little, we saved "I Spy" for the doctor's office visits. Brittannie was the best at this game! She could find a little drop of dried blood on the wallpaper to spy! The best one was a tag on the jeans of a friend who was visiting her in the hospital emergency room... that took me an hour to find! So, in honor of Miss Brittannie's winning ways with "I Spy, " all I have to say is, "I spy something green!"






Everything is sacrificed for the book season!

RABBIT TRAILS

Just in case you don't spend as much time as I do on those pesky little rabbit trails...

here is a post that you have to see! Wait for it!

http://producten.hema.nl/

Mussa Patrick

About four years ago, I sponsored Mussa through Compassion International. He lives in Tanzania and is 12 years old. He helps his family fetch water, grind cereal, and harvest maize. He recently assisted the builders of his new home by carrying sand. With his birthday and Christmas gifts, he usually buys staples for his family: fabric, cooking oil, rice, and sugar for his mother; dresses for his sister; shoes, t-shirts, and jeans for himself. Mussa and I correspond frequently, and it is awesome to see his writing and self-confidence blossom with each letter. Mussa closed one letter with, "It is me, your child, Mussa!" If that is not a way into a heart, I don't know what is!

Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social, and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. If you would like to become a sponsor and to change someone's life, visit the Compassion link to find out more. http://www.compassion.com/default.htm

Another SNOW Day!

I am thankful for yet another snow day, but ... a girl's got to dream! Today - Hawaii!